The use of a selective axillary nerve block for outpatient hand surgery

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 746-748

  Bouaziz, H ^a   Narchi, P ^b   Mercier, F J ^a   Khoury, A ^c   Poirier, T ^d   Benhamou, D ^a  

^a Hop Antoine Béclère ^*  (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Clinique Sainte Croix   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier de Cholet   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTPATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULNAR NERVE;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RADIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0031967423     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199804000-00013     Document Type: Article

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